US PE Breakdown

In private equity, 2018 closed with a record 4,828 deals worth a combined $713 billion. PE analyst Wylie Fernyhough sat down to help us makes sense of this performance.

In the 2018 Annual US PE Breakdown, PitchBook private equity analysts mine datasets to discuss trends cropping up across deals, exits, and fundraising in the asset class. In a spotlight, the report offers insight into the recently burgeoning GP stakes strategy, which had a record-setting year. On top of that, the Breakdown investigates how the factors that shaped 2018 may shift moving into 2019 and what that portends for dealmakers, portfolio companies, and limited partners alike.